Results for: Feel good
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“Call Me Miss Cleo” and the Queer Legacy of TV’s Most (In)Famous Psychic
When the PRN lawsuits were settled, Cleo essentially went into hiding. But she soon found a queer coffee shop in Florida that felt like home.
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“Changing the Game” Review: With Anti-Trans Bills Rising, Listen to the Many Realities of Trans Athletes
There’s all-out bigotry, and there’s all-out triumph. At the center of the wave of anti-trans sports bills are trans kids who just want to play.
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“Periodical” Is a Valuable, Inclusive Documentary About Menstruation
I am fully ready to admit that, yes, indeed, we needed an informational documentary about periods and I am glad this one exists.
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HBO Max Abortion Documentary “The Janes” Reminds Us Revolution Is Possible Wherever We Are
The Janes documents the group of women in 1960s Chicago who came together to provide safe abortion access to women who needed it.
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“Judy Blume Forever” Documentary Made Me Cry Big Nostalgia Tears
Anyone who has been paying attention in the last few years knows that book banning has only gotten worse since Judy Blume’s books started getting banned 40 years ago.
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“Samantha’s Amazing Acrocats” Is About the Price of Following Your Dreams and Also Circus Cats
For a documentary about a circus cat show, the film is about so much more about the human relationships that shape us. It’s about how us strays and weirdos put the glitter eyeshadow on because we know we’re actually superstars in waiting. Also, it’s about the world’s only all-cat rock band.
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“Growing Up Coy” Is A Timely Documentary That Should Melt Any Transphobe’s Heart
The new documentary Growing Up Coy examines what it’s like to grow up as a young trans girl in a country that is constantly creating laws that target you.
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Southwest of Salem: How Four Wrongfully Convicted Latina Lesbians Survived A Witch-Hunt
Southwest of Salem tells the story of four Latina lesbians who were found guilty of a crime they didn’t commit and how the legal and criminal justice systems failed them as queer women of color. Watch it tonight on Investigation Discovery at 8 pm EST.
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Movie Review: In “Breastmilk,” Women’s Bodies Are Still Not Their Own
So much of our cultural rhetoric around breastfeeding is tied to a sense of what women should be doing rather than what they would like to or are even able to do. Breastfeeding isn’t purely a medical issue, but neither is it a wholly moral one. And all the parameters that go into a woman’s decision to breastfeed pale next to the fear that she is somehow failing her child.
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Woven From Me: “Gender, Bespoke” Explores How Identity Creates Style
“For queer women, clothing is about much more than what you’re wearing. Clothing allows us to create an identity for ourselves—and to control how other people view us and consider us.”